Here we have discussed Milton newspapers of the early 1800s and the editors thereof. In 1845, another such Milton newspaper was proposed: the Milton Banner. It was to be a Democratic publication, apparently to oppose the Milton Whig newspaper: the Milton Chronicle (Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evens, editor).
Whether the Milton Banner was published requires additional research. It would have been a staunch supporter of Democratic President James Knox Polk (1845-1849), a protégé of President Andrew Jackson.
The proposed publisher, and presumably the editor of the Milton Banner, was Barzillai Graves. This person has not been fully identified. I have three potential entries in the Caswell County Genealogy database.
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The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, North Carolina), 26 February 1845
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